Floor construction



1924 4 Sheets-Sheet l c. M. Lowl: Er AL FLOOR CONSTRUCTION Filed April 1s, i

Feb. 16 1926.

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C. M. LOWE ET AL FLOOR CONSTRUCTION V Filed April 16 4 Sheets-Shevt 2 xNvENToRs ATTORNEY W.TNESS:

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- c. M. LowE ET AL FLOOR CONSTRUCTI ON Filed April 16 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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C. M. LowE ET AL FLOOR Cows'TRU'cilIoNv Filed April 16 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 A Claude M Lowe Lz'ncoln f? Lowe, i Cecil W' Lowe.

Patented Feb. 16, 1926.5

v'"UNITED-STATES YCLAUDE MORRIS LOWE, LINcoLN Ross LoWnANn onori". WAYNE LOWE, or KANSAS CITY, j. MISSOURI.

FLOOR CONSTRUCTION.

implication fried April is, 192i..l serial No.Y 706,967.Vy

To all wimmelt may concern.' Y

Be it known that' we, v CLAUDE Moimrs Lown, LINCOLN' Ross Lown, andpCnon. TAYNE Lown, citizens of the Unite'd States,-

residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have in vented new and useful .Improvements in F loor Construction, lof which the following is a 'specilication g l .j y

This invention relates to improvements in aiioor'structure, the general object ofthe invention vbeing to make the floorV in sections sorthat it k.canbe easily assembled and taken apart and one which will give a smooth even surface when assembled and when in knocked vdown position will Voccupy vthe minimum amount of room.

The. floor is especially adapted for use in' amusement parks, fairs or 'any place where a portable floor is required and speed in laying down and taking up is essential. The floor may be used forskating rinks, dance loors and other purposes. j

Another object of the invention is to provide cables'for holding the sections inasseinbled position with means for tighteningV the cables by bolts. .j

This invention also `consists in certain other features of construction and in thev combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings andl specifically. pointed out in the appended claim.V 0 f In describingthe invention in detail, reference will Abe Vhad to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters'v denote like or corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and in which :-l

Figure 1 is a plan View of a floor constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a section onv line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1. y n

Figure 4 is a plan View showing a portion 'of one corner of the Hoor.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan'view of one of the sections.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

f Figure 7 is a `perspective view of a portion of the section adapted to be associated with the section as illustrated in vFigure'.

Figure 8 is a similar view of'a section showing ythe niodied form of connecting means. f

Figure 9 is a similar view of a portionhof a section-adaptedy tobe associated with the section-*as shown ijn Figure 8.` y

YFigures 10.and 11 are similar Aviews showin' theend connectin@i means for thesection b asr shown inV F iguresS and-9.

`is shown in these views, the floor is ycomnumbered in'Figure 1 Afrom l'to 64. Each section comprises thejoists andthe floorposed of a plurality of sections which are265 ing 2 which is nailed or otherwise secured to. theljoists. This flooring rhas square ends and side edges so that. one section will make a tightjoint with-the adjacent sections and in some cases we lay vthe flooring in the logcabin or boxed end style,y as shown at 3,l though this is not absolutely necessary Yas itfadds to the expense-and in some cases it is preferable to lay the flooring` straight` across the joists. In those sections-in which the log cabinl style of flooring is .used. we

Vprovide vstringers l which are niortised into the joists', as shown at 5, vto support the transversely'extending flooring as shown in Figures 5 an'dt.` Sonie ofthe sections have their joistsv formed ywith. the projecting` tongues 6 for engaging the recesses 'Tin the ends of the joists of other sections, these recesses and tongues being preferably of rounded formation. Other sections are pr vided with 'square tongues 8 at one end of, each :joist for engaging the Vrecesses 10 formedy in the sides of the end joists. of other sections. The joists of allthesections project atonel side thereof, as shown at 11, Y

and` these projecting ends interlock with those of abuttingsections vwhen the sections are arranged in staggered formation so as to prevent movement of the sectionsin Irelation to each other. Most of the sectionsare each providedwith a. groove 12 inl one of its end joists with this joist extending beyond the ends-of the flooring, as shown at 13, and the other end 'joist is provided with a tongue 14 for engaging the groove in kthe l 1 abutting section andthe flooring projects beyond this joist which carries the tongue i 14, as shown 'at 15. .v

From this arrangement it will be seen that the sections interlock with each other so as to produce a strong and firm floor structure,

the parts oI" Which are iininovably held together and the joists of which malte close cont-act.

rlhe sections are connected together by the cables 16 Which are fastened to the bolts 18 so that by tightening these bolts the cables Will be tightened and thus the sections will be firmly bound together.

lWhen shipping or storing the sections, the joists of' one section are placed between those or another section so that the sections will occupy 'the minimum ainount of space.

The construction is very simple5 the strain is evenly divided and there is no chance oi any ot the sections becoining displaced or loosened. rlhe floor can be laid on any sinooth surface or .it niay be laid on a foundation formed oit beains such as slioivn at 19 in Figures 2 and rlhe aligned beams may be held together by the U-sliaped clips 2O which engage holes in the abutting ends of the beanis.

While the sections inay be arranged in various Ways and different sizes oll floors constructed from theni, Figure l gives an eiiainple of the formation of a lioor. is Will be seen troni this ligure sections l to 8 are arranged in pairs side by side with the sections 9 and lO at the ends of the `arranged pairs. Each pair of sections l to p joists of the sections 9 and l0. In all the other sections the projecting ends of the joists overlap and extend under the flooring to firmly interlock the sections together and these sections are also connected together at their ends by the long tongues and grooves toi-ined in the joists at the ends ot the sections.

Attention is called to the small loading or sto` Hye space required of this floor for by turning or inverting every other section tivo sections will occupy the space of one except Where the stringers are used for supporting the boxed iioor, Where a wf desire it inane changes in the construction and in the coinbination and arrailgenient of the several parts, provided that such changes '"all V-within trie scope oi the appended claini.

lilliat "e claiin is A floor structure of the class described conip a plurality oie sections, each con- 1g' ol a nuinber ot joists and flooring ted With the same, seine ot the joists tongues forined on the ends of the iid other sections having recesses in the ends of the joists for retlie tongues so that the sections can be locked together.

ii testimony whereof ive aliix our signatures.

LNCGLN ROSS LWE. C AUDE M. LOWE. CECIL W7. LOW E. 

